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Water Institute Water Talks
As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, William Blomquist, professor of Political Science at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, will be presenting, "Notes from Underground: A Groundwater Perspective on Water Resource Governance and Management."

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Gregory Baird, President of The Water Finance Research Foundation, will present, "Perspectives on the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Challenge: Engineering, Technology or Financial Crisis."

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Thursday, January 24, 2019 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Building adaptive capacity for water management--the role of knowledge and power

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series Maria Carmen Lemos, Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Engagement at the School for Environment and Sustainability and Co-Director of the Great Lakes Sciences and Assessments Center at the University of Michigan, will present, "Building adaptive capacity for water management--the role of knowledge and power."

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As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Hamid Moradkhani, Alton N. Scott Endowed Chair in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alabama, will present, "Toward More Resilient Hydrosystems: Flood and Drought Hazards, Vulnerability and Risk in a Changing Climate."

Thursday, February 21, 2019 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Nutrients, water quality and water security: from catchment to global perspectives

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series Professor Helen Jarvie, Principal Scientist of Hydrochemistry at The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology in the United Kingdom, will deliver a lecture on river-system biogeochemistry with particular emphasis on nutrient cycling and water quality, from watershed to global perspectives.

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Thursday, February 28, 2019 11:30 am - 12:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Signals, Cycles, Circles and Surprises: Some reflections on water quality in the Anthropocene

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series Martyn Futter, Associate Professor in Landscape Scale Water Quality Modelling at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, will present "Signals, Cycles, Circles and Surprises: Some reflections on water quality in the Anthropocene."

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Friday, March 1, 2019 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

AquaHacking 2019 information session

Calling all water entrepreneurs! AquaHacking is an innovative, multi-stage pitch competition challenging students to tackle water issues facing our Great Lakes. AquaHacking provides mentoring, a unique experience and financial support to help you bring your idea to life!

Join us on Friday, March 1, 2:30-3:30 p.m. in DWE 3518 for food, drinks and information about AquaHacking 2019. Meet previous winners, learn about the competition and this year's format, and meet like-minded individuals. 

Thursday, March 7, 2019 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Saving the lives of children under-five with a hygiene intervention in rural Gambia

Geographies of Health in Place (GoHelP) lab, is pleased to invite you to engage with Dr. Buba Manjang, a Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher, who will be speaking about his research addressing hygiene among mothers' weaning children. 

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series Professor Martyn Clark, Associate Director at the Centre for Hydrology at the University of Saskatchewan, will present "The Evolution of Process-Based Hydrologic Models: Historical Challenges and the Collective Quest for Physical Realism."

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Thursday, March 14, 2019 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Mining waste environments: globally significant and growing biogeochemical hotspots

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series Professor Lesley Warren, Claudette Mackay-Lassonde Chair in Mineral Engineering at the University of Toronto, will present "Mining waste environments: globally significant and growing biogeochemical hotspots"

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